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Time Warner Cable Business Class Becomes First North American Service Provider to Achieve MEF CE 2.0 Certification for All Six Retail Ethernet Service Types

NEW YORK --(Business Wire)--

Time
Warner Cable Business Class (TWCBC) today announced it is the first
North American company to receive all six retail Carrier Ethernet (CE)
2.0 certifications granted by the Metro
Ethernet Forum (MEF). The MEF (News - Alert) CE 2.0 certifications were received
for E-Line (EPL/EVPL), E-LAN (EP-LAN/EVP-LAN) and E-Tree
(EP-Tree/EVP-Tree) service configurations. The company also boasts a
total of 57 MEF-certified employees, 24 of whom are CE 2.0 certified.

"Businesses rely on Time Warner (News - Alert) Cable Business Class to deliver
highly-scalable, reliable and standards-compliant network solutions. CE
2.0 certification reiterates our commitment to delivering these network
solutions using cutting edge Ethernet technology that is certified by an
industry recognized organization like the MEF." said Greg King, Senior
Vice President and Chief Product and Strategy Officer, Time Warner Cable
Business Services.

A recognized industry leader, TWCC has been at the forefront of
Ethernet services innovation, becoming the first Multiple System
Operator (MSO) in the world to receive MEF 14 certification (part of MEF
CE 1.0) in 2008. The company was a leading innovator in delivering
Ethernet services over DOCSIS, which lead to an additional MEF
recognition as the North American Carrier Ethernet Service Provider of
the Year for Service Innovation, also in 2008.

TWCBC Ethernet services, available in over 58,000 fiber-lit buildings
and 800,000 DOCSIS-equipped buildings, provide a reliable, scalable,
high bandwidth network solution to interconnect business locations
within and across metro markets, with speeds ranging from under 1 Mbps
to 10 Gbps (speeds available in most areas). The service is delivered
over a fiber-rich network backed by industry leading Service Level
Agreements (SLAs).

"Carrier Ethernet has become the industry's biggest success story of the
past decade. A milestone was reached last�year when for the first time
Carrier Ethernet services share of bandwidth exceeded the sum total of
all legacy telecoms services across the world, making it the dominant
technology in the carrier space. Time Warner Cable Business Class is one
of the many companies continually driving the industry to new heights,
as supported by this accomplishment," said�Nan Chen, President,�MEF.

Time Warner Cable Business Class, a division of Time Warner Cable,
offers a full complement of business communications tools to small-and
medium-sized businesses and enterprise-sized companies. Its Voice,
Internet, Television, Network and Cloud Services are enhanced by
award-winning customer service and local support teams. Through its
NaviSite (News - Alert) subsidiary, the Company also offers managed and outsourced
information technology solutions and cloud services. Time Warner Cable
Business Class was founded in 1998. Today, it serves more than 600,000
business customers throughout Time Warner Cable's markets. For more
information, please visit business.twc.com.

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